And as he went off, he thought to
himself: "You and your company be bothered!"--and never came back.

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Then the second wolf kept thinking how he could get away, and he said:
"It seems very funny, our brother went to fetch the wood, but he hasn't
brought the wood, and hasn't come back himself. I'll just go and help
him!" So off he went too, and never came back. And the third wolf was
left sitting there, and at last he said: "I must really go and hurry
them up. What are they dawdling all this time for!" And as soon as he
was gone, he set off running and never so much as looked back.

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And at that the ram and the goat were delighted. They ate up all the
porridge and then ran away themselves.

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Meanwhile the wolves had all three met, and they said: "Look here, why
were we three frightened of the goat and the ram? They're no stronger
than we, after all! Let's go and do them in!"

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But when they came back to the fire, there was not so much as a trace of
them left. Then the wolves set off in pursuit, and at last they saw
them, where they had climbed up a tree, the goat on an upper and the ram
on a lower branch. So the eldest wolf lay down under the tree, and
began to show his teeth, looking up at them, and waiting for them to
climb down. And the ram, who was trembling all over from fright,
suddenly fell down right on top of the wolf, and at the same minute the
goat shouted out from up above: "There, that's the one! get me the
largest of all!" And the wolf was terrified, because he thought the ram
had jumped down after him, and you should just have seen him run! And
the other two followed after.

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What a lucky boy is Pat, He's got a dog and a cat!

THE HUNGRY WOLF.

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There was once a wolf, and he got very hungry, and so he went to have a
look to see what he could find for dinner. After a bit he saw a ram
feeding in a meadow, so he went up to him and said: "Mr. Ram, Mr. Ram,
I'm going to eat you!" But the ram answered: "Who are you, I should like
to know, that you mean to eat me?" "I'm a wolf, and I'm looking for a
good dinner," said the wolf. "What sort of a wolf do you fancy you are?"
answered the ram, "you're not, you're a dog!" "No, I'm not a dog," said
he, "I'm a wolf." "Well then," answered the ram, "if you're a wolf,
stand at the bottom o